White Lightning Axiom: Redux

Hmmm, perfectly lousy start to the week. The Mrs and I rolled out of bed a bit late. Since she would be escorting Jacob to the clinic this morning, she did not mind the extra hour of snuggling at all. I should have been more diligent. It seems that an alien race had invaded the steering columns of vehicles throughout the Metro Philly area and compelled the vehicles to smash into one another. The local roads and Turnpike were all at a near stand-still. Everywhere I turned, there was a cop car and several cars in various states of disaster. Argh.

The upside to this morning is that the kids polished off the French toast that I sliced up and set out for them this morning. Apparently, they were sufficiently hungry. Jake too. The Mrs informed me that she managed to get an 0840 appt this morning for Jake even though the clinic did not open till 0900. I guess they got a fire lit under them when told that this might have been a case of a reaction to the antibiotics. Needless to say, Jake was in very good spirits this morning after an extended session of 'Mommy time'. Me thinks that he just got some bad dim-sum and his system took action. The pediatrician seemed to concur and we are continuing the twice daily treatments of oral dosages for his ear. Remarkably, his ear seems to be improving as well, but we have been provided with a list of throat and ear specialists 'just in case'. Lets just hope that this is just a CYA move on their part.

The evening went well. I played in the sand with the kids and they really enjoyed the little play steering wheels I attached to the towers the previous evening. The sod is still trying to get a toe-hold around the edges of the east wall though. The problem with this is that the copious volumes of water I need to keep the sod alive till it gets integrated is leaking into the sand pit and making a bit of a mess. The kids love it because the sand will now form proper castles, but we have to take all their clothes off when they come inside. Pros and Cons ... oh well. On to a completely different subject, Tuesday morning. The Mrs and I got up late and mostly due to the cold that we have been fighting off. Yeah, if this keeps up we may just need to lump it and take a sick day to get back on track. Problem is that if I'm at home, I feel compelled to do something useful. Damn work ethic, ya know.

# posted by mdmhvonpa @ 1:21 AM